Artist TextureBy: Joseph Buzhardt

DALeastName: Does not reveal his real name. His artist name comes from the Indian meaning of “Dal” which means “from”. The artist is from the East which is where the “east” comes from.

- He was born in 1984 and is from Wuhan, China, as his first projects began in Beijing, China in 2005.

- DALeast grew up in Wuhan, China, living with his single mother. When he was three years old, he shocked his mom by telling her that he would be an artist and travel the world. He grew up with a fascination for everything art, and continued telling himself he would be an artist. DALeast studied sculpture at the Fine Art Institute in Wuhan, but dropped out in his final year to pursuit graffiti and street art.

DALeast ArtworksAs you can see from his artwork, DALeast uses shadows and different values to create a sense of texture. In the top picture, you can see that the jaguar looks as if it's made from metal shards. This is created from different shades and the shadows that are below the jaguar. DALeast uses this in most of his street work, as the metal shard design is common in his work.

Chuck CloseName: Charles “Chuck” Close- Born July 5, 1940 in Monroe, Washington- Grew up in Monroe, Washington with his single mother, as his dad died when he was at an early age. He went to the University of Washington, and Yale. His early works include large portraits that are based on/inspired by pictures (photographs).

Close ArtworksBy looking at Chuck Close’s artworks and portraits, you can see he has a very unique style of texture. Close uses many different shapes and sizes of small bubbles to create texture and overall the image that he is trying to portrait. He uses many colors to detail the face and show the shadows and more.

Comparison Both Close and DALeast use different shapes and values of color to portrait their sense of texture and shadows. They may be very different in style, but overall they both use the same concepts of shape, size, value, and shadows to detail to texture in their artwork. The textures of their artwork truly helps the viewer picture their art in a more three dimensional sense and it makes the art look developed and detailed.